THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA
Greece, Kenya, United States 2024 – Director: Daphne Matziaraki – Co-Director: Peter Murimi – Original language: English, Swahili – Subtitles: English – Length: 94 min.
On the Laikipia Plateau in Kenya, the Samburu are under increasing pressure. White settlers are putting up fences, nature conservationists are buying up land and droughts that are getting increasingly longer are impacting the cattle herders’ way of life. A battle is raging for water and grass. In this way, unresolved colonial conflicts are being brought to the surface by climate change. Barbara Off
Content warning: This film contains explicit descriptions of violence, armed violence and corpses.
Biography
Daphne Matziaraki is a Greek film director based in San Francisco who studied journalism at the University of Berkley. She wrote the script and directed the short film 4.1 MILES, which won the Student Academy Award in 2016.
Kenyan director and producer Peter Murimi has won numerous awards for his documentaries. His feature-length documentary I AM SAMUEL was screened at several film festivals, including BFI and Human Rights Watch. He won the CNN Africa Journalist of the Year Award in 2004 and currently works for the BBC.
Filmography (selection)
Daphne Matziaraki:
4.1 MILES, US 2016, 26 min.
CONTAINER, US 2020, 18 min.
Peter Murimi:
I AM SAMUEL, KE, CA, UK, US 2020, 69 min.
SHIDA, KE 2010, Kurzfilm
No youth rating
Camera: Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi, Maya Craig. Editing: Sam Soko. Music: William R Fritch. Production: One Story Up. Producer: Toni Kamau, Daphne Matziaraki. International Sales: MetFilm Sales.
